Africa crisis: Some of Niger's neighbors defend coup, hint at war
Other military juntas in Africa are backing the Niger coup with threats of force, defying regional leaders. Some are looking to Russia and Putin.
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Other military juntas in Africa are backing the Niger coup with threats of force, defying regional leaders. Some are looking to Russia and Putin.
France plans to evacuate European nationals from Niger, after a military coup now backed by three other West African nations ruled by mutinous soldiers.
Niger is seen as the last reliable partner for the West to battle jihadists linked to Al Qaeda and Islamic State in Africa’s Sahel region. A coup endangers that.
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